Word: swim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Jon Roberts returned to regular swim workouts this September, he decided to go all out in an attempt to break the one-minute barrier for the 100-yd. freestyle. Tuesday evening at the Greater Boston Championships, Roberts shaved nearly two and a half seconds off his previous best of 1:00.6 and met his goal with a time...
Roberts did not win the race, but that came as no surprise to him or the other members of Harvard's powerhouse swim team. Since he embarked on a college swimming career two years ago as a 16-year-old, advanced-standing sophomore, Roberts has never won a race for the Harvard Varisty. In fact, he finishes many races dead last...
...first stepped foot on the IAB pool deck and teammate Bobby Hackett mistook him for a member of the AAU Gators junior high contingent, the slightly-built newcomer realized lack of bulk might be a problem. After a few laps spent trying to keep up with the Harvard swim team, Roberts discovered he had bigger problems to contend with...
...other teams could only sit back and watch the Harvard men's swim team put on its annual show...
...they didn't take the hint, and cruised down I-86 right into the jaws of a growling Yale bulldog, masquerading as an outnumbered but extremely psyched Eli women's swim team...